{"id":"st-20261027-cnpt","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-general-staff","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-27","text":"Ukraine's General Staff put Russian personnel losses since 24 February 2022 at 1,581,840. Ukrainian outlets describe the daily figure as killed and wounded together.","topic":"enemy-losses","citations":[{"source":"src.ukrinform","url":"https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4178475-russia-loses-another-1400-troops-in-war-against-ukraine-in-past-24-hours.html","origin":"Ukraine General Staff Facebook post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.babel","url":"https://babel.ua/en/news/127045-general-staff-russians-lost-over-a-thousand-soldiers-and-a-helicopter-over-the-past-day","origin":"Ukraine General Staff daily losses statement (scope: killed and wounded)","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-18T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:36:06Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:36:06Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-pd62","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-23","text":"At a rally in Florida, President Trump said the US military \"may do another Epic Fury\", referring to the opening US-Israeli bombing campaign; on 25 October he told Fox News: \"Do I finish it off, which would be very easy to do, or do I make a deal?\"","topic":"strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/24/iran-says-wont-allow-us-warships-to-get-close-as-trump-ponders-new-attacks","origin":"Trump rally remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.the-national","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026/10/25/trump-iran-strike/","origin":"Trump interview with Fox News","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-nj5q","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-22","text":"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said overthrowing Iran's government remains Israel's \"primary objective\", after talks with President Trump and a visit by Pete Hegseth; he gave no sign Washington had agreed to a new offensive.","topic":"strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/netanyahu-promises-iran-regime-change-can-israel-topple-tehran-government","origin":"Netanyahu remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-ttyd","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-22","text":"IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi said Iran's defence doctrine had changed: \"if a country attacks us, we will both respond and launch an offensive\", warning renewed US attacks could prompt Iran to move against neighbouring countries.","topic":"strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/iran-reveals-offensive-doctrine-us-issues-alert-is-war-imminent","origin":"IRGC spokesman remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-ns1x","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-20","text":"The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said no enriched nuclear material would leave the country, Tasnim reported.","topic":"nuclear","citations":[{"source":"src.jfeed","url":"https://www.jfeed.com/latest-news/iran-s-security-chief-says-enriched-nuclear-material-will-not-leave-country-55991","origin":"Supreme National Security Council secretary remarks carried by Tasnim","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-s44x","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-17","text":"The IRGC Navy said two oil tankers, each carrying about two million barrels of crude, caught fire after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz after switching off positioning systems and using a route Iran had not authorised, and that one was crossing \"with US support\".","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/18/iran-says-two-tankers-catch-fire-after-hitting-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz","origin":"IRGC Navy statement carried by IRNA","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.gcaptain","url":"https://gcaptain.com/irans-guards-say-two-tankers-hit-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz/","origin":"IRGC Navy statement carried by IRNA","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-17T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-b2a6","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-military","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-16","text":"The CENTCOM commander, Admiral Cooper, said US operations had stopped Iran exporting at least $25 billion of crude, helped freeze nearly $350 million in cryptocurrency, and that Iran was withholding salaries including from the IRGC.","topic":"blockade","citations":[{"source":"src.iran-international","url":"https://www.iranintl.com/en/202610162840","origin":"CENTCOM commander remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-90rg","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-15","text":"Zelensky said on 15 October that Ukraine's three-day pause in strikes on Russian refineries, held to accommodate Trump's announced energy ceasefire, was over, telling reporters \"We're done\", the Kyiv Independent reported. Trump said the refinery strikes were driving up world fuel prices. Moscow airports were then repeatedly closed as Ukrainian drone attacks resumed.","topic":"energy-ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/moscow-closes-sky-multiple-nights-in-row-as-ukraine-resumes-refinery-strikes/","origin":"Zelensky remarks to reporters; Rosaviatsiya notices","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-17T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-6tk4","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-13","text":"President Trump wrote that the Houthis had re-emerged \"probably at the behest of Iran\", were hitting Saudi Arabia to drive up oil prices before the US elections, and repeated that the US could step up military action after the elections.","topic":"houthis","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/13/trump-says-houthis-trying-to-increase-oil-prices-before-us-elections","origin":"Trump post on Truth Social","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-zcdw","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-11","text":"Supreme National Security Council head Mohsen Rezaei told state media Washington accepted some of Iran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz but its response was \"insufficient\", and that the US had approached Iran through Pakistan, Qatar and Iraq.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.the-national","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/11/iran-says-us-response-to-proposal-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-is-insufficient/","origin":"Rezaei interview with Iranian state media","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-11T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-sy2v","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-10","text":"The IRGC Navy said late on 10 October that an unnamed crude oil supertanker hit a naval mine and caught fire while using an unauthorised route through the Strait of Hormuz with its navigation systems off, and warned other tankers of a similar fate.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/11/hormuz-attacks-intensify-as-efforts-to-end-war-on-iran-stall","origin":"IRGC Navy statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-11T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-6my0","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-08","text":"President Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US \"will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections\" on 3 November, that talks with Iran were \"productive\" and that the blockade would stay in \"full force\".","topic":"strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.the-national","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026/10/08/trump-rules-out-attack-on-iran-before-midterm-elections/","origin":"Trump post on Truth Social","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-08T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-t7hn","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-07","text":"Vice President JD Vance told Reuters Iran must make a \"meaningful\" reduction in enrichment to show it does not seek a nuclear weapon, asking \"why do you need 60 percent enriched fuel?\"","topic":"nuclear","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/us-sets-new-demands-for-iran-deal-what-are-they","origin":"Vance interview with Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-07T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-w718","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-05","text":"At a campaign rally in Nebraska, President Trump said war-driven price rises were \"a small price to pay\" and that Iran \"can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego\"; California officials condemned the remark. Earlier he told Kurdistan24 he was \"always\" open to direct talks with Iran.","topic":"us-politics","citations":[{"source":"src.nbc-news","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/california-newsom-condemn-trump-iran-los-angeles-san-diego-rcna601821","origin":"Trump rally remarks in Nebraska","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.kurdistan24","url":"https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/944176/donald-trump-says-he-is-open-to-direct-talks-with-iran","origin":"Trump remarks to reporters at the White House","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-05T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-1jp7","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-10-04","text":"Parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until seven Iranian conditions based on the Islamabad memorandum are met, and that Iran would \"both fight and negotiate\".","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-to-remain-closed-until-us-meets-conditions","origin":"Ghalibaf remarks carried by Nournews","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-tqpb","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-30","text":"Trump said the time had come to decide between a deal with Iran and military action, that it is going to end very soon, and, asked how he could negotiate with leaders he called irrational, said maybe you blow them up.","topic":"escalation","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-says-time-has-come-to-either-make-a-deal-with-iran-or-maybe-blow-them-up/","origin":"Trump remarks to reporters, 30 Sep","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-axay","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-29","text":"Parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on state TV that if Iran's security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will remain safe.","topic":"escalation","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-threatens-to-strike-mideast-infrastructure-if-country-attacked/","origin":"Ghalibaf state TV video, reported by AFP and Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-dgb5","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ye-government","audience":"domestic","language":"ar","said_on":"2026-09-29","text":"The Yemeni Armed Forces of the recognised government said 2,316 Houthi fighters were killed or wounded in three days of fighting across eight fronts, and that its forces carried out 706 strikes. Asharq Al-Awsat did not verify the figures.","topic":"enemy-losses","citations":[{"source":"src.asharq-al-awsat","url":"https://english.aawsat.com/node/5323720","origin":"Yemeni Armed Forces (recognised government) statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:36:06Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:36:06Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-jfej","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-28","text":"Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on his Telegram channel that Iranian forces had pushed enemy forces from the waters off southern Iran back to the Arabian Sea and that they would soon be expelled from the Arabian Sea too.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/in-message-irans-khamenei-says-enemy-forces-will-soon-be-driven-out-of-arabian-sea/","origin":"Mojtaba Khamenei Telegram message, reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-e36g","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-27","text":"Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority warned that charterers who push ships through Hormuz without its required procedures could be put on its non-compliance list, restricting linked vessels, and published a letter it attributed to a ship's owners apologising for an unauthorised transit.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.iran-international","url":"https://www.iranintl.com/en/202609272448","origin":"Persian Gulf Strait Authority notice","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-sx0g","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"lb-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-25","text":"Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the UN General Assembly that recovering territory from Israeli occupation is an existential challenge, called for no weapons outside the state, and urged action to avoid a vacuum when UNIFIL begins withdrawing at the end of the year.","topic":"lebanon","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/at-un-lebanons-pm-says-recovering-territory-from-israeli-occupation-is-existential-challenge/","origin":"Nawaf Salam address to the UN General Assembly, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-t1cz","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"international_body","language":"uk","said_on":"2026-09-23","text":"Speaking at the UN General Assembly general debate, President Zelensky said the Russian army lost 248,964 people from January through August 2026, describing them as dead and severely wounded.","topic":"enemy-losses","citations":[{"source":"src.interfax-ukraine","url":"https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1209138.html","origin":"Zelensky speech to the UN General Assembly, 23 Sep 2026","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-24T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:36:06Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:36:06Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-tnav","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-23","text":"Deputy Oil Minister Ahmad Zeraatkar told Fars that about half of the damaged production capacity at the South Pars gas field had been restored, up from about 40% in late August, and that repairs would be finished before winter.","topic":"energy","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-says-half-of-damaged-production-at-behemoth-south-pars-gas-field-restored/","origin":"Deputy oil minister remarks to Fars, reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-23T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-c1ze","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-22","text":"A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington reduced military pressure and lifted its blockade of Iranian ports.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/seeking-talks-iran-offers-to-open-hormuz-if-us-ends-blockade-curtails-military-threat/","origin":"Senior Iranian official speaking to Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-3jrm","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-21","text":"The IRGC air defence forces said they tracked and destroyed a US MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz with a new air defence system. No US confirmation was published.","topic":"air-defence","citations":[{"source":"src.azernews","url":"https://www.azernews.az/region/264189.html","origin":"IRGC statement, 21 Sep","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-ed23","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"sy-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-13","text":"Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, with Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Damascus, said Israel's August strike on the disused Abu Duhur airbase had no legal justification and called on Israel to withdraw from areas it entered after Assad's fall; Fidan called Israel's policies the most serious obstacle to Syria's recovery.","topic":"syria","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/turkish-and-syrian-fms-rail-at-israel-over-recent-strikes-on-airbase/","origin":"Joint news conference in Damascus, relayed by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-16fn","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-11","text":"At a Pentagon ceremony marking 25 years since the 11 September 2001 attacks, President Trump tied the Iran war to that vow, saying 'That's why we fight today' and 'There can only be victory', and thanked troops working to ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/defending-iran-war-trump-says-us-will-never-forget-9-11-thats-why-we-fight-today/","origin":"Trump speech at the Pentagon, 11 Sep","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-11T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-2c39","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-11","text":"Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao told the Epoch Times that Iran 'blew the hell out of Bahrain', referring to strikes on Naval Support Activity Bahrain, the Fifth Fleet headquarters, Reuters reported.","topic":"damage","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/contradicting-trump-us-official-says-iran-attack-on-base-in-jordan-damaged-military-aircraft/","origin":"Hung Cao interview with the Epoch Times, relayed by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-11T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-97y8","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"xx-iaea","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-10","text":"IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told Bloomberg there were indications of movement around construction at Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz, which inspectors have not entered, but that the agency lacked concrete information on activities there.","topic":"nuclear","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iaea-says-nuclear-watchdog-has-observed-construction-at-irans-pickaxe-mountain/","origin":"Grossi remarks to Bloomberg","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-10T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-v0k1","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-09","text":"President Trump said the Iran war would end immediately after the 3 November midterm elections because Iran could not hold out any longer, and that Tehran was trying to influence the vote. He also warned Iran 'not to get cute' or the US might strike the Pickaxe Mountain site.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-says-iran-war-will-end-right-after-us-midterm-elections-in-november/","origin":"Trump remarks to reporters, 9 Sep, relayed by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-09T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iaea-says-nuclear-watchdog-has-observed-construction-at-irans-pickaxe-mountain/","origin":"Trump speech, 9 Sep","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-10T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-pbm2","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-07","text":"Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei warned South Korea that any military deployment or participation in US operations in the Gulf or Strait of Hormuz would be treated as direct support for the aggressor and have serious consequences.","topic":"hormuz-security","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-warns-south-korea-against-involvement-in-us-security-efforts-in-hormuz/","origin":"Baghaei post on X, relayed by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-07T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-7e9y","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-06","text":"Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei told state TV that Iran would announce within days a prohibited zone starting at the US Navy's blockade line and extending into the Gulf, and that any ship entering it would be placed on Iran's sanctions list.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-says-it-will-declare-prohibited-zone-near-strait-of-hormuz-in-coming-days/","origin":"Rezaei interview on Iranian state TV, relayed by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-06T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-rh2r","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-06","text":"Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said on Telegram that the rules of the game had changed and that any attack on Iran's interests would meet a faster, heavier and more painful response.","topic":"threat","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/irans-response-to-us-strikes-on-tankers-will-be-more-painful-parliament-speaker-says/","origin":"Ghalibaf speech on Telegram, relayed by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-06T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-2kpt","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-khatam-hq","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-05","text":"Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya central command said that if harassment of Iranian ships and the naval blockade continued, Iranian strikes on US military vessels would be more severe than before and could expand.","topic":"threat","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-threatens-more-severe-attacks-against-us-navy-until-maritime-blockade-removed/","origin":"Khatam al-Anbiya statement, relayed by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-05T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-72p7","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-09-03","text":"Vice President JD Vance said at a White House briefing that the US was not talking to Iran and would not until it stopped shooting at commercial shipping, said 15 million barrels had exited the strait the previous night, and said CENTCOM was investigating the reported wedding strike.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/vance-washington-will-only-resume-talks-with-iran-when-it-stops-targeting-ships-in-hormuz/","origin":"Vance White House briefing, 3 Sep","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-09-03T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-g2g6","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-30","text":"Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in a written Telegram message for the Prophet's birthday, urged Gulf rulers to identify and confront their real enemy and called for Muslim unity and mutual defence.","topic":"gulf-relations","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/in-written-message-irans-khamenei-urges-gulf-rulers-to-confront-real-enemy/","origin":"Khamenei written message on Telegram, reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-qhaw","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-29","text":"President Pezeshkian told state TV that US sanctions are hurting Iran's economy, that Iran's exports and imports have fallen 25 to 35 percent in recent months under the naval blockade, and that petrol prices should rise to offset the drop in trade.","topic":"economy","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/irans-president-admits-us-sanctions-impacting-economy-after-previously-insisting-theyd-have-no-effect/","origin":"Pezeshkian interview with Iranian state TV, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-yypp","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"lb-hezbollah","audience":"domestic","language":"ar","said_on":"2026-08-28","text":"Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said in a televised address that the group opposes the June Israel-Lebanon framework agreement and wants it brought down, calling it illegitimate and humiliating, rejected its pilot zones and verification system, and said Hezbollah will not surrender.","topic":"lebanon-talks","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-chief-again-rejects-lebanon-israel-deal-refuses-surrender/","origin":"Naim Qassem televised address, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-99cm","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-27","text":"Deputy Oil Minister Ahmed Zeraatkar said about 40% of the South Pars gas field capacity damaged in the war is back in production, according to Fars, and Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said oil sales and deliveries in distant waters continue despite a reduction.","topic":"energy","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-around-40-of-damaged-south-pars-gas-field-back-in-operation-oil-sales-continue/","origin":"Iranian oil ministry officials quoted by Fars and state media","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-2z0q","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-26","text":"Armed forces spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi said on state television that BBC Persian, Iran International and Radio Farda are in Iran's military target bank, accusing them of working with the Mossad and CIA. He did not say where they would be targeted.","topic":"media","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-says-it-views-persian-language-media-outlets-abroad-as-military-targets/","origin":"Shekarchi remarks on Iranian state television, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-65gn","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-26","text":"An IRGC spokesman said Iran and Oman have reached agreements on their shares of the Strait of Hormuz and its revenues, and accused the US of obstructing and delaying their talks, according to Tasnim. No terms were given.","topic":"hormuz-oman","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-and-oman-reach-agreements-on-share-of-hormuz-and-its-revenues-irgc-says/","origin":"IRGC spokesman statement carried by Tasnim","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-6k10","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-26","text":"President Trump told radio host Glenn Beck he does not think Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is dead but that he is very seriously wounded, with injuries to the left side of his body. Khamenei has not been seen in public since the war began.","topic":"leadership","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-says-irans-supreme-leader-is-very-seriously-wounded-but-not-dead/","origin":"Trump interview with Glenn Beck, 26 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-wvm0","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"domestic","language":"he","said_on":"2026-08-26","text":"Prime Minister Netanyahu said he presented President Trump with three options on Iran, including tightening the siege, doubted a deal was possible with Iran's leaders, and said Israel will not allow Iran to attack it, describing the expanded US sanctions as very powerful.","topic":"strategy","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-says-he-urged-trump-to-consider-tighter-siege-on-iran-ahead-of-expanded-us-sanctions-doubts-possibility-of-deal-with-those-savages/","origin":"Netanyahu speech in Jerusalem, released by his office","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-8j0e","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"un","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-25","text":"The International Maritime Organization said it had confirmed 68 incidents in the Gulf and nearby waters in six months of war, one every 2.6 days, with at least 20 seafarers or port workers killed, 35 wounded and one missing. About half involved tankers; UKMTO classifies 47 as attacks.","topic":"seafarers","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/20-dead-in-68-incidents-near-hormuz-over-six-months-of-war-imo-says/","origin":"IMO incident count, reported by AFP","role":"count","published_at":"2026-08-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-jby4","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-25","text":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio told foreign counterparts the US does not currently expect new offensive strikes on Iran and is shifting to economic pressure and normalising shipping through Hormuz, while not ruling out force if Iran resumes hostilities, according to Axios and Israel's Channel 12. US officials said the Navy had cleared mines from the main traffic separation scheme.","topic":"strategy","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-rubio-says-no-new-iran-offensive-for-now-as-us-focuses-on-economic-pressure-hormuz/","origin":"Unnamed US officials quoted by Axios and Channel 12","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-wvyd","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"cn-government","audience":"foreign","language":"zh","said_on":"2026-08-25","text":"Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said China will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard its rights and interests, after the US said its Iran sanctions campaign would not exempt China.","topic":"sanctions","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/china-says-will-safeguard-own-interests-after-us-vows-iran-sanctions/","origin":"Chinese foreign ministry briefing, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-7xc8","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"domestic","language":"he","said_on":"2026-08-23","text":"Israeli security officials told Channel 12 that Hezbollah has stepped up attempts to smuggle weapons from Syria into Lebanon during the ceasefire, financed and run by the IRGC Quds Force, and that many shipments go undetected.","topic":"hezbollah-rearmament","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-said-to-be-exploiting-ceasefire-to-increase-arms-smuggling-from-syria/","origin":"Israeli security officials quoted by Channel 12","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-23T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-xjjz","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-23","text":"President Pezeshkian said the expired memorandum with the US was the best way out of a situation of neither war nor peace, that the Supreme National Security Council saw it as the best possible deal and that no provision amounted to capitulation, adding that Iran cannot attract investment while the risk persists.","topic":"mou","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iranian-president-defends-mou-with-trump-as-best-way-out-of-war-economic-morass/","origin":"Pezeshkian remarks published by IRNA, reported by AP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-23T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-zxy0","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-22","text":"Mohsen Rezaei, described by AFP as head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said on state television that any country taking part in the US economic restrictions on Iran will be considered an enemy.","topic":"sanctions","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-says-any-country-joining-new-us-sanctions-would-be-considered-an-enemy/","origin":"Rezaei remarks on Iranian state television, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-6xbt","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-21","text":"Iran said its response to new US threats would be devastating; armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi said the reaction would be broad and decisive. Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said the US appeared to have concluded it could not win militarily, but acknowledged the country would not survive if people go hungry.","topic":"sanctions","citations":[{"source":"src.gcaptain","url":"https://gcaptain.com/iran-vows-devastating-response-to-us-threat-to-cut-off-its-economic-lifelines/","origin":"Iranian officials' statements carried by IRNA, reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-7xp4","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-21","text":"President Trump told reporters Iran was not ready to make the right deal and that the US has total control of the entire region around the Strait of Hormuz, including land areas well into it.","topic":"hormuz-control","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-says-iran-not-ready-to-make-right-deal-boasts-of-total-control-of-hormuz/","origin":"Trump remarks to reporters, 21 Aug, reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-xxeb","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"lb-hezbollah","audience":"mixed","language":"ar","said_on":"2026-08-21","text":"Hezbollah said the new US sanctions and its redesignation as operating under IRGC command will not deter it from the path of resistance, called its relationship with Iran one it cherishes, and said the measures aim to pressure its community.","topic":"sanctions","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-says-new-us-sanctions-will-not-deter-fight-against-israel/","origin":"Hezbollah statement, 21 Aug, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-qx7w","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-20","text":"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC the US will impose the toughest sanctions in history on Iran, describing the naval blockade and sanctions as a one-two punch that would likely make a large-scale military restart unnecessary. Iran's foreign ministry called the measures economic terrorism and Foreign Minister Araghchi said they were a diversion from US economic problems.","topic":"sanctions","citations":[{"source":"src.gcaptain","url":"https://gcaptain.com/us-will-impose-toughest-sanctions-in-history-on-iran-bessent-says/","origin":"Bessent interview with CNBC, 20 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-btjq","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-19","text":"A day after saying no talks with Iran were going on or scheduled, President Trump told reporters he might renew negotiations at some point but that the situation was so good right now.","topic":"talks","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-says-he-may-renew-talks-with-iran-day-after-declaring-that-he-wasnt-interested/","origin":"Trump remarks to reporters, 19 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-19T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.gcaptain","url":"https://gcaptain.com/trump-takes-iran-hard-line-as-hormuz-tensions-set-new-normal/","origin":"Trump social media post, 18 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-19T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-rd16","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-19","text":"Armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi warned Gulf states that any help or facilitation given to the US military amounts to taking part in US operations, saying Iran is fully aware of the tanker and refuelling aircraft at regional bases.","topic":"gulf-bases","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-warns-gulf-neighbors-not-to-help-us-military/","origin":"Abdollahi remarks carried by Mehr, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-19T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-nb76","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-18","text":"Iran's chief negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until the US meets the terms of the expired memorandum: lifting the naval blockade, lifting sanctions and releasing frozen Iranian assets.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ghalibaf-says-strait-of-hormuz-will-stay-closed-until-us-abides-by-now-expired-mou/","origin":"Ghalibaf comments in Iranian state media, reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-18T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-h5cy","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-17","text":"Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei blamed oil pollution in the Gulf and the Sea of Oman on the US military presence, put the damage at trillions of dollars and called for the US to be held accountable, after an oil slick reached Qeshm island's beaches and mangroves.","topic":"environment","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-blames-us-presence-for-gulf-waters-pollution-after-oil-spills/","origin":"Iranian foreign ministry briefing, reported by AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-17T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-jpe7","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"un","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-17","text":"UN human rights chief Volker Turk warned of a rising civilian toll from escalating hostilities in Yemen and called on all parties to halt any action that risks returning the country to full-scale war.","topic":"yemen","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/yemen-risks-return-to-full-scale-conflict-warns-un-rights-chief/","origin":"OHCHR statement by Volker Turk, 17 Aug","role":"evidence","published_at":"2026-08-17T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-jfxq","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-13","text":"Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters in Panama that the US Navy could maintain the blockade of Iran indefinitely, partly by rotating ships in and out of the region.","topic":"blockade","citations":[{"source":"src.ynet","url":"https://ynetnews.com/article/bkt36doufe","origin":"Hegseth remarks to reporters in Panama, 13 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liveblog/2026/8/13/iran-war-live-us-and-iran-exchange-opposing-claims-over-hormuz-control","origin":"Hegseth remarks to reporters in Panama, 13 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-mf9r","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-khatam-hq","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-13","text":"Iran's top joint military command said, according to state media, that no vessel could transit the Strait of Hormuz without Iran's permission.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.haaretz","url":"https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-08-13/ty-article-live/israels-military-says-it-targeted-a-hamas-commander-planning-attacks-in-gaza/0000019f-f8d1-d101-a5bf-fbd185800000?liveBlogItemId=1272307359#1272307359","origin":"Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters statement on state media, relayed by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-mg7h","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"mixed","language":"ru","said_on":"2026-08-12","text":"Overseeing Pacific Fleet drills, President Putin said that if European states began seizing Russian merchant vessels and selling their cargo, Russia would be forced to respond in kind, Reuters reported. European states had boarded and detained shadow fleet tankers under expanded sanctions.","topic":"shipping-seizures","citations":[{"source":"src.ajot","url":"https://www.ajot.com/news/putin-says-russia-will-start-seizing-european-vessels-if-its-ships-targeted","origin":"Putin remarks at Pacific Fleet drills, reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en","excerpt":"And if this begins to be put into practice, we shall be forced to respond in kind."}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-r7ej","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-12","text":"Trump wrote on Truth Social that the United States had total control over the Strait of Hormuz, that the naval blockade was being called a wall of steel, and that Iran could do nothing about it.","topic":"blockade","citations":[{"source":"src.ynet","url":"https://ynetnews.com/article/bkt36doufe","origin":"Trump post on Truth Social, 12 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-5kbw","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-08","text":"IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi, quoted by Tasnim, said reopening the Strait of Hormuz was subject to Iran's own mechanisms and conditions and was unrelated to the Iran-Oman negotiations. A US official said the same day that Iran-Oman progress could soon reopen the strait.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/irgc-spokesman-reopening-hormuz-contingent-on-us-accepting-our-conditions/","origin":"IRGC spokesman remarks to Tasnim, relayed by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-08T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-e4k1","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-08","text":"Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in a statement by secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr carried by state television, said the Strait of Hormuz would not open until the US corrected its behaviour, and listed conditions: no further US threats, a permanent end to the war on Iran and its allies including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, lifting of the naval blockade and US withdrawal from the region, full compensation for the 2025 and 2026 wars, lifting of all sanctions and release of frozen assets.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/irans-supreme-national-security-council-issues-drastic-new-demands-of-the-us-as-conditions-for-reopening-hormuz/","origin":"Supreme National Security Council statement on state TV, 8 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-08T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-8x95","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-08-03","text":"Trump called the Iranian leadership unbelievably duplicitous after Tehran denied talks, then said at the White House that talks were going on, that the Strait of Hormuz would open to traffic on Tuesday as phase one with the nuclear programme as phase two, and that this was Iran's last chance. He said the strikes he called off would have been the biggest attack since the Second World War and could still be carried out.","topic":"diplomacy","citations":[{"source":"src.nbc-news","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-iran-talks-attacks-canceled-hormuz-nuclear-rcna590535","origin":"Trump remarks at the White House and on social media, 3 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-03T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-dv1v","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-08-03","text":"Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran was not holding talks with the United States and had no plans to host or send delegations, and that it was discussing with Oman a temporary safe route through the strait with one path of entry and exit lanes. He said a deal with Oman would not fully reopen the strait while what he called US aggression continued.","topic":"diplomacy","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-says-no-talks-with-us-on-hormuz-deal-with-oman-wont-open-strait/","origin":"Iranian foreign ministry spokesman briefing, 3 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-03T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.nbc-news","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-iran-talks-attacks-canceled-hormuz-nuclear-rcna590535","origin":"Iranian foreign ministry spokesman briefing, 3 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-08-03T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-f0bh","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-07-25","text":"Araghchi said the June memorandum gives Tehran the right to set transit routes and mechanisms in the strait, and accused Washington of trying to force open a new route without consulting Iran.","topic":"strait-control","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/25/iran-blames-us-for-hormuz-dispute-as-both-sides-confirm-ongoing-talks","origin":"Araghchi interview in Iranian media, 25 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-a3ex","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-24","text":"Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that using frozen assets for unrelated future claims would set an 'incendiary precedent'.","topic":"shipping","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/24/us-attacks-iran-as-houthis-allow-chinese-ships-to-pass-whats-the-latest","origin":"Araghchi post on X, 24 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-24T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-5f6a","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-22","text":"Trump said in a social media post that each time Iranian forces fire on a vessel in the strait, 'the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT', including in or next to Tehran.","topic":"civilian-infrastructure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/trump-threatens-to-bomb-iranian-bridges-power-plants-over-ship-attacks","origin":"Trump social media post, 22 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-8ny9","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-22","text":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in Manila, said Washington is open to negotiations with Iran: 'If they're serious, we're serious.'","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/iran-gulf-hit-as-hormuz-bab-al-mandeb-close-whats-the-latest","origin":"Rubio remarks in Manila, 22 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-r2qh","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-22","text":"Parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the strait 'will not return to pre-war conditions' and that if Iran's security is not ensured, 'no infrastructure will be safe'. IRGC Aerospace Force head Majid Mousavi said power outages in countries hosting US troops would follow any strike on Iran's power stations.","topic":"civilian-infrastructure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/trump-threatens-to-bomb-iranian-bridges-power-plants-over-ship-attacks","origin":"Ghalibaf post on X and Mousavi statement, 22 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-3mzz","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-07-20","text":"Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told IRNA that Tehran would end the war with the US when it has 'the upper hand in the field', and that the right time to negotiate is after reaching a strong military position.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/20/us-renews-attacks-on-iran-after-us-soldier-killed-whats-the-latest","origin":"Araghchi interview with IRNA, 20 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-v9bp","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-20","text":"Trump said US military leaders were directed to make Iran pay 'many times over', and that 'every time Iran kills an American soldier, they will pay for that killing many times over'.","topic":"retaliation","citations":[{"source":"src.nbc-news","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/us-service-member-killed-in-iraq-rcna588275","origin":"Trump social media post, 20 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-19T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.time","url":"https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/iran-war-injury-toll-us-service-members-pentagon-trump/","origin":"Trump social media post, 20 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-jj9a","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-khatam-hq","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-07-19","text":"Maj-Gen Ali Abdullahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said 'any aggression or barbarism will be met with a decisive and devastating response'.","topic":"retaliation","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/19/us-launches-new-iran-strikes-after-two-soldiers-killed-whats-the-latest","origin":"Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters statement, 19 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-19T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-ty5r","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-07-18","text":"Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in a written statement read on state TV, warned of 'unforgettable lessons' if US attacks continue and said Trump's signature on the memorandum was 'utterly worthless and invalid'.","topic":"mou","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/19/us-launches-new-iran-strikes-after-two-soldiers-killed-whats-the-latest","origin":"Khamenei statement read on state TV, 18 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-19T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/18/iran-accuses-us-of-striking-critical-infrastructure-as-war-intensifies","origin":"Khamenei statement read on state TV, 18 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-18T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-hs5r","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-khatam-hq","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-17","text":"Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari said the Strait of Hormuz 'will never return to what it was before the 40-day war' and accused the US of destabilising it.","topic":"strait-control","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/17/us-attacks-southern-iran-as-tehran-hits-gulf-countries-whats-the-latest","origin":"Zolfaghari statement, 17 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-17T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-4x4w","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-16","text":"Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused Washington of war crimes in a Telegram post, saying attacks on civilian infrastructure violate the UN Charter.","topic":"civilian-infrastructure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/16/iran-condemns-barbaric-us-attack-near-childrens-cancer-hospital","origin":"Araghchi Telegram post, 16 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-wr8x","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-16","text":"The IRGC threatened to halt Middle East energy exports over the US naval blockade, saying oil and gas exports from the region 'will be either for everyone or for no one'.","topic":"energy-threat","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/16/us-strikes-iran-tanker-as-tehran-hits-kuwait-jordan-whats-the-latest","origin":"IRGC statement, 15-16 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-4x3q","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-military","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-14","text":"CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper said Iran had intentionally targeted civilians and attacked seven commercial ships in seven days, with about a dozen crew killed, missing or injured.","topic":"shipping","citations":[{"source":"src.cnbc","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/iran-strikes-hormuz-strait-blockade-trump-tolls.html","origin":"CENTCOM commander statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-hekr","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-07-13","text":"IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebi said the US had 'seriously endangered the security of the world's oil and gas supply' and that Iran would continue to exercise sovereignty over and management of the strait.","topic":"strait-control","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/13/us-iran-war-missile-strikes-news-attacks-strait-of-hormuz","origin":"IRGC spokesperson post on X","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-0sgq","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-07-12","text":"Ghalibaf posted 'The era of one-sided deals is OVER. We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking', with an image of Article 5 of the memorandum.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/12/iran-attacks-five-gulf-nations-shuts-hormuz-after-us-bombing-all-to-know","origin":"Ghalibaf post on X","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-07-12T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-0q84","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"un","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-29","text":"HRMMU head Danielle Bell said the mission's findings highlighted deeply worrying trends, including energy attacks, rising civilian casualties and torture of prisoners, and that people would face the same challenges next winter, even more so if attacks resumed.","topic":"energy-strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.ohchr-hrmmu","url":"https://ukraine.un.org/en/318395-un-report-details-increase-civilian-deaths-amid-systematic-strikes-energy-facilities","origin":"HRMMU head Danielle Bell, 29 Jun","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-1ftk","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-29","text":"Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Witkoff and Kushner would fly to Doha for high-level meetings with technical talks on the sidelines, that the US was 'holding up our end of the ceasefire', and that 'violence will be met with violence'.","topic":"talks","citations":[{"source":"src.internazionale","url":"https://www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie-reuters/2026/06/29/u-s-says-trump-envoys-kushner-and-witkoff-will-travel-for-iran-meeting-in-doha","origin":"Leavitt remarks to Fox News reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-tkv4","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-29","text":"Baghaei said 'We will not have any negotiation meetings at any level with the American side in the coming days' and that Iran's technical delegation to Doha had 'no relation' to any meeting with US officials.","topic":"talks","citations":[{"source":"src.the-national","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/06/30/what-we-know-trump-says-doha-talks-are-to-take-place-but-iran-insists-no-meeting-is-scheduled/","origin":"Iranian foreign ministry spokesman statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-hvry","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-28","text":"Netanyahu called the US-mediated framework with Lebanon a historic accomplishment and a major blow to Iran and Hezbollah, under which Israel keeps a security zone in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed.","topic":"lebanon-talks","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/28/iran-war-day-121-iran-attacks-bahrain-kuwait-as-us-strikes-near-hormuz","origin":"Netanyahu statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-2fhq","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-24","text":"Energy Secretary Chris Wright said crude flows through Hormuz were 'similar to what they were before the start of the Iran war', that Iranian mines delayed normal navigation, and that the US would ensure flows even without a deal.","topic":"strait-traffic","citations":[{"source":"src.the-star","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/business/2026/06/25/brent-hits-pre-iran-war-low-as-tankers-leave-hormuz","origin":"Chris Wright remarks reported by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-nmv2","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-23","text":"A White House official said the Senate's war powers vote had 'no significance', blamed 'Republican absences', and said hostilities with Iran ended with the April ceasefire.","topic":"war-powers","citations":[{"source":"src.abc-news","url":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/senate-house-pass-war-powers-resolution-1st-time-134145998","origin":"White House official statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-23T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-20fp","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-14","text":"Defence Minister Katz said Israeli forces would remain in security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza for an unlimited period. Israel did not officially comment on the US-Iran agreement.","topic":"lebanon-linkage","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/15/iran-us-agree-tentative-deal-to-end-war-your-questions-answered","origin":"Katz statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-b7b4","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"pk-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-13","text":"Prime Minister Sharif wrote that a US-Iran deal was expected within 24 hours and would be signed electronically, saying 'we are closer to a peace deal than ever before'. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Baghaei said the memorandum would not be signed on 14 June but could be in the following days, and Treasury Secretary Bessent said a deal could come within days.","topic":"talks","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/pakistan-says-final-agreed-upon-text-of-iran-war-ceasefire-deal-reached","origin":"Sharif post on X; Baghaei statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.iran-international","url":"https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202606062776","origin":"Bessent remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-qqhz","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-12","text":"Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran's pressure over Hormuz would continue indefinitely and that Iran collects 'service fees', which are part of the negotiations, while tolls are not permitted under international law, according to Tasnim.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.iran-international","url":"https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202606062776","origin":"Araghchi remarks carried by Tasnim","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-z979","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-12","text":"Mohsen Rezaei said Trump had accepted the release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets but would not make it public. The UAE foreign ministry the same evening denied reports that frozen Iranian funds had been released or transferred through the UAE.","topic":"frozen-assets","citations":[{"source":"src.iran-international","url":"https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202606062776","origin":"Rezaei statement; UAE foreign ministry statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-15dg","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-10","text":"Defence Secretary Hegseth, speaking at CENTCOM headquarters, accused Iran of 'choosing to play games' and said the US would 'negotiate with bombs' if needed. President Trump said Iran had taken too long to negotiate and would 'pay the price'.","topic":"talks","citations":[{"source":"src.internazionale","url":"https://www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie-reuters/2026/06/10/hegseth-u-s-to-bomb-key-facilities-in-iran-on-wednesday","origin":"Hegseth remarks relayed by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-10T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/10/iran-strikes-bahrain-and-jordan-in-retaliation-for-us-attacks-in-hormuz","origin":"Trump social media post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-10T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-yb7k","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"bg-government","audience":"domestic","language":"bg","said_on":"2026-06-09","text":"Bulgarian Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said it was time to sit at the negotiating table and seek a just peace determined by both sides, arguing more arms would cost lives without changing a positional war.","topic":"military-aid","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/bulgaria-to-stop-sending-arms-to-ukraine/","origin":"Bulgarian Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov, 9 Jun","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-09T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-3prp","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"foreign","language":"uk","said_on":"2026-06-07","text":"Zelensky called the drone strike on the Chornobyl spent fuel storage site an exceptionally cowardly Russian attack carried out with a Shahed-type drone and said radiation safety limits were not exceeded.","topic":"nuclear-safety","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/russian-drone-strikes-nuclear-fuel-repository-in-chornobyl/","origin":"Zelensky statement, 7 Jun","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-07T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-76fy","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-07","text":"In an NBC Meet the Press interview recorded on 5 June and aired on 7 June, President Trump said frozen Iranian assets would be released only after a deal, that the sides were 'very close to a deal' or he would 'blow the hell out of them', that he was not demanding Lebanon be part of a deal, and that he wanted 'a more surgical attack on Hezbollah'.","topic":"frozen-assets","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/7/trump-says-will-not-unfreeze-iranian-assets-before-ceasefire-deal-reached","origin":"Trump NBC interview","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-07T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-monitor","url":"https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/israel-strikes-south-beirut-after-intercepting-hezbollah-launches","origin":"Trump NBC interview","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-07T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-j3pw","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-07","text":"Parliament speaker and chief negotiator Ghalibaf accused the US of giving Israel a 'green light' for the Beirut strike and said Tehran would halt negotiations and move into 'direct confrontation' over ceasefire violations.","topic":"lebanon-linkage","citations":[{"source":"src.al-monitor","url":"https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/israel-strikes-south-beirut-after-intercepting-hezbollah-launches","origin":"Ghalibaf statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-07T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/7/iran-fires-missiles-at-israel-after-beirut-attack-crossed-all-red-lines","origin":"Ghalibaf statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-07T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-6t5t","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-06","text":"Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to the supreme leader, told CNN the negotiations were at a deadlock that Trump must break, and called the release of frozen funds, which Iranian state media put at $12 billion to $24 billion with half on signing, a test of trust.","topic":"frozen-assets","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/7/trump-says-will-not-unfreeze-iranian-assets-before-ceasefire-deal-reached","origin":"Rezaei interview with CNN; Iranian state media","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-07T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-rkne","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"lb-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-05","text":"In a CNN interview aired on 5 June, President Aoun said Iran must stop interfering in Lebanon and was using it as a bargaining chip with the United States. Foreign Minister Araghchi replied on X, telling Aoun to 'save Lebanon from your real foe'.","topic":"lebanon-linkage","citations":[{"source":"src.the-national","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/06/06/general-among-several-lebanese-soldiers-killed-by-israeli-strike-in-south-lebanon","origin":"Aoun CNN interview; Araghchi post on X","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-06T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.michigan-public","url":"https://www.michiganpublic.org/2026-06-06/israeli-airstrikes-kill-9-including-lebanese-army-officers-after-ceasefire-deal","origin":"Aoun statement; Araghchi post on X, via AP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-06T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-6w5m","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-04","text":"Foreign Minister Araghchi warned that any attack on Beirut would trigger a full-scale resumption of the war and said there had been no tangible progress in the negotiations with the US.","topic":"lebanon-linkage","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/4/israel-and-lebanon-agree-to-conditional-ceasefire","origin":"Araghchi statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-04T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-se3k","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-06-04","text":"Speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump said Iran's enriched uranium was 'entombed' and watched by cameras at three sites, that the US could take it without a deal but had no reason to, and that he had rejected a roughly two-week ground operation to retrieve it early in the war. He said he did not want to meet Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei but would be respectful if a deal led to a meeting.","topic":"nuclear","citations":[{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-says-us-can-get-uranium-from-iran-without-a-deal/","origin":"Trump Oval Office remarks relayed by Reuters","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-04T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-gjb1","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"domestic","language":"ru","said_on":"2026-06-03","text":"After Ukrainian strikes on St Petersburg during the economic forum, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia's response would be systematic.","topic":"strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/st-petersburg-oil-terminal-hit-in-major-ukrainian-attack-day-after-russias-mass-strike-on-kyiv/","origin":"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, 3 Jun","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-06-03T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-hhe5","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"lb-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-31","text":"Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel of a \"scorched-earth policy\" and \"collective punishment\" of southern residents as its forces pushed toward Nabatieh.","topic":"lebanon","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/31/israel-issues-more-displacement-orders-in-lebanon-seizes-strategic-castle","origin":"Salam statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-31T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-q8jy","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-31","text":"Foreign Minister Araghchi told IRNA that \"dialogue and an exchange of messages are ongoing\" with the US, and chief negotiator Ghalibaf said Iran would not accept a deal that fails to secure its full rights and wants tangible results before fulfilling commitments. The New York Times reported Trump had sent back a toughened framework.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/31/trump-tightens-terms-on-iran-war-deal-us-media-say","origin":"Araghchi remarks to IRNA; Ghalibaf statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-31T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-a6jb","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-30","text":"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that the US is \"more than capable\" of restarting the war if no satisfactory deal is reached.","topic":"threat","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/30/iran-reasserts-control-over-hormuz-strait-as-deal-with-us-remains-elusive","origin":"Hegseth remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-sqbe","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-30","text":"Trump told Fox News he was in \"no hurry\" for a deal, that talks were progressing \"slowly but surely\", and that the \"one guarantee\" he needed was no nuclear weapons.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/31/iran-war-day-93-trump-wont-rush-deal-israel-expands-lebanon-invasion","origin":"Trump interview with Fox News, 30 May","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-31T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-vhmt","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-30","text":"Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to the Supreme Leader, said Trump was \"betraying diplomacy for the third time\" by keeping the naval blockade; Fars, citing sources, said Iran wanted $12bn in frozen assets released before the next phase.","topic":"blockade","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/30/iran-reasserts-control-over-hormuz-strait-as-deal-with-us-remains-elusive","origin":"Rezaei remarks; Fars report","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-2fs1","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ro-government","audience":"domestic","language":"ro","said_on":"2026-05-29","text":"Romanian President Nicusor Dan called the drone strike on a Galati apartment block the most serious event affecting Romanian territory since 2022 and said Romania would order proportionate measures against Russia.","topic":"airspace","citations":[{"source":"src.euronews","url":"https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/29/nato-ready-to-defend-romania-and-every-inch-of-allied-territory-rutte-says","origin":"Romanian President Nicusor Dan, 29 May","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-b4h7","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-29","text":"Chief negotiator Ghalibaf said Tehran would judge any agreement \"by actions rather than words\" and would take no steps unless Washington acted first.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/29/whats-happening-on-iran-war-day-91-as-us-iran-near-60-day-deal","origin":"Ghalibaf statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-tc8q","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"xx-nato","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-29","text":"NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called Russia's behaviour reckless and a danger to all after the Galati drone strike and said NATO stood ready to defend every inch of allied territory.","topic":"airspace","citations":[{"source":"src.euronews","url":"https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/29/nato-ready-to-defend-romania-and-every-inch-of-allied-territory-rutte-says","origin":"NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, 29 May","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-wd7r","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-28","text":"Pezeshkian said Iran is \"not looking for nuclear weapons\" and \"we do not engage in diplomacy with humiliation\".","topic":"nuclear","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/28/us-and-iran-reach-tentative-deal-for-60-day-truce-extension-officials-say","origin":"Pezeshkian remarks carried by ISNA","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-3f5w","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-26","text":"Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a hajj message that \"the clock cannot be turned back\"; in an Eid al-Adha message he warned Gulf states against hosting US bases that could be used to attack Iran and said the US was losing influence in the region.","topic":"gulf-bases","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/tehran-labels-us-attacks-gross-violation-says-it-is-prepared-to-respond","origin":"Khamenei Telegram post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/27/iran-war-day-89-lebanon-strikes-kill-31-as-ceasefire-tensions-rise","origin":"Khamenei Eid al-Adha message","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-pg77","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-26","text":"Rubio said the Strait of Hormuz had to be open \"one way or the other\" and that talks on the draft's specific language could take \"a few days\".","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/tehran-labels-us-attacks-gross-violation-says-it-is-prepared-to-respond","origin":"Rubio remarks in Jaipur","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/iran-war-day-88-us-attacks-near-strait-of-hormuz-talks-under-way-in-qatar","origin":"Rubio remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-t2sr","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-25","text":"Baghaei said a \"large portion\" of issues had been concluded but no one could claim an agreement was about to be signed, and that Iran's nuclear programme was not being discussed \"at this stage\".","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/us-military-launches-strikes-on-southern-iran-amid-talks-in-qatar","origin":"Iranian foreign ministry news conference","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-7936","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-24","text":"President Pezeshkian said no deal would be made without the permission of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/24/iran-war-day-86-trump-announces-potential-deal-amid-cloud-of-mistrust","origin":"Pezeshkian statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-24T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-bqpv","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-24","text":"Prime Minister Netanyahu said any final agreement must eliminate the nuclear danger by \"dismantling Iran's nuclear enrichment sites and removing its enriched nuclear material from its territory\".","topic":"nuclear","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/24/marco-rubio-says-significant-progress-made-in-us-iran-talks-to-end-war","origin":"Netanyahu statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-24T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-nmsy","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-24","text":"Rubio said in India that \"significant progress\" had been made on the Strait of Hormuz, that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon, and that the US would get \"a good agreement\" or \"deal with it another way\".","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/24/iran-war-day-86-trump-announces-potential-deal-amid-cloud-of-mistrust","origin":"Rubio remarks in India","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-24T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/25/iran-war-day-87-trump-says-us-not-in-rush-to-sign-deal-dashing-optimism","origin":"Rubio remarks in New Delhi","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-kw0q","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-23","text":"Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said differences with the US remained \"deep and significant\", that tolls in Hormuz were a \"security service\", and that more than 30 vessels had passed in coordination with the IRGC navy over the past day.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/23/iran-war-day-85-tehran-says-major-gaps-remain-in-us-talks","origin":"Iranian foreign ministry and officials","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-23T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-5849","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-22","text":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Helsingborg, Sweden, that there had been \"slight progress\" and \"a little bit of movement\" in talks with Iran, and that Washington had \"other options\" if talks failed.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/22/pakistans-army-chief-in-iran-as-uss-rubio-says-slight-progress-in-talks","origin":"Rubio remarks before NATO meeting","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/22/iran-war-day-84-us-iran-talks-advance-amid-mediation-push","origin":"Rubio remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-0rrs","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-21","text":"Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in an audio message that the US was seeking to start a new war and had not dropped its military goals.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/iran-war-day-83-tehran-reviewing-latest-us-response-to-end-conflict","origin":"Ghalibaf audio message","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-45ty","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ae-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-21","text":"The UAE foreign ministry said the drones that struck near the Barakah nuclear plant were launched by armed groups in Iraq and urged Iraq to stop attacks from its territory immediately and without conditions.","topic":"attribution","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/iran-war-day-83-tehran-reviewing-latest-us-response-to-end-conflict","origin":"UAE foreign ministry statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-nv7w","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-21","text":"Trump said the two sides were \"right on the borderline\" between a deal and renewed war and that he would give diplomacy \"a few days\"; White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller warned of military consequences \"unmatched in modern history\" if Iran rejected a deal.","topic":"deadline","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/iran-war-day-83-tehran-reviewing-latest-us-response-to-end-conflict","origin":"Trump remarks; Stephen Miller interview with Fox News","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-mw8j","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-20","text":"Army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said, via ISNA, that Iran would \"open new fronts\" and use new equipment and methods if the US attacked again; Foreign Minister Araghchi said a return to war \"will feature many more surprises\".","topic":"threat","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/iran-war-day-82-tehran-warns-of-new-fronts-as-trump-sets-deadline","origin":"Akraminia remarks carried by ISNA","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/iran-says-it-coordinated-crossing-of-26-vessels-out-of-strait-of-hormuz","origin":"Araghchi remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-s6zq","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-19","text":"The IRGC said fibre-optic cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz could be subject to a permit system, citing Iran's sovereignty over its territorial sea.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/19/iran-war-day-81-trump-delays-attack-tehran-says-wont-surrender","origin":"IRGC social media post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-19T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-vm3f","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-19","text":"Trump told lawmakers the war would end \"very quickly\", gave Iran \"two to three days\" to make a deal and said he had been an hour away from ordering an attack before postponing it. Vice President Vance said talks were \"in a pretty good spot\". The old tracker filed this under 20 May.","topic":"deadline","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/chinese-supertankers-exit-hormuz-as-trump-vance-talk-up-iran-deal","origin":"Trump and Vance remarks at the White House","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/iran-war-day-82-tehran-warns-of-new-fronts-as-trump-sets-deadline","origin":"Trump remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-7q7m","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-18","text":"President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that \"dialogue does not mean surrender\" and that Iran would not give up its legal rights.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/18/trump-delays-scheduled-attack-on-iran-crediting-serious-negotiations","origin":"Pezeshkian social media post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-18T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-fc50","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-17","text":"President Trump wrote on Truth Social that Iran \"better get moving, FAST\" or \"there won't be anything left of them\", and that the clock was ticking for a deal. The old tracker placed this on 18 May.","topic":"threat","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/17/drone-strike-sparks-fire-at-uaes-barakah-nuclear-power-plant","origin":"Trump Truth Social post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-17T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/18/iran-sends-response-to-us-proposal-to-end-war-via-mediator-pakistan-2","origin":"Trump Truth Social post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-18T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-g5a4","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-16","text":"Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had received US messages indicating openness to new negotiations to end the war, but that a deadlock remained over enriched nuclear material. He said Iran welcomed help from any country, \"particularly China\".","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/iran-war-day-78-trump-tehran-signal-talks-as-lebanon-truce-extended","origin":"Araghchi remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-p61x","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-16","text":"First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said Iran would no longer allow \"enemy\" military equipment through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran said it would soon publish a traffic management plan including fees, which legislator Ebrahim Azizi said would be charged for \"specialised services\".","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/17/iran-war-day-79-tehran-to-unveil-hormuz-toll-plan-israel-bombs-lebanon","origin":"Aref and Azizi remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-17T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-c06a","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-15","text":"At the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi, Araghchi urged members to condemn the US-Israeli war as a breach of international law, said Iran would never bow to pressure, and said the UAE was directly involved in the aggression against Iran. BRICS ended without a joint statement.","topic":"gulf-attacks","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/iran-war-day-77-trump-xi-discuss-hormuz-as-tehran-rallies-brics","origin":"Araghchi speech at BRICS","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-yq0j","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ae-government","audience":"foreign","language":"ar","said_on":"2026-05-15","text":"The UAE rejected what it called Iranian claims of an active Emirati role in the war, describing them as attempts to justify Iranian attacks.","topic":"gulf-attacks","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-15-2026/","origin":"UAE statement via AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-cm46","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"domestic","language":"en","said_on":"2026-05-14","text":"Vice President JD Vance said progress was being made in talks with Iran and that the question was whether it would meet Trump's red line that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/iran-war-day-76-vance-says-progress-made-in-talks-israel-pounds-lebanon","origin":"Vance remarks at the White House","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-9fat","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"domestic","language":"uk","said_on":"2026-05-08","text":"Zelensky said Ukraine agreed to the three-day ceasefire partly to free prisoners, writing that Red Square mattered less than the lives of Ukrainian prisoners of war, and decreed the Victory Day parade off-limits to Ukrainian strikes.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.anchorage-daily-news","url":"https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2026/05/08/russia-and-ukraine-have-agreed-to-a-3-day-ceasefire-and-prisoner-swap-trump-says/","origin":"Zelensky statement and decree, 8 May (AP)","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-08T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-qakw","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-05-04","text":"Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya central command, under Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, said foreign forces, especially the US military, would be targeted if they approached or entered the Strait of Hormuz, and that safe passage must be coordinated with Iran's armed forces.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.iran-international","url":"https://www.iranintl.com/en/202605040127","origin":"Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-04T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.tasnim","url":"https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026/05/04/3582254/iranian-commander-warns-us-military-over-hormuz-strait-presence/amp","origin":"Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-05-04T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-x4ce","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"foreign","language":"uk","said_on":"2026-04-16","text":"Zelensky urged partners to fulfil every promise of aid on time, having said earlier in April that the shortage of air defence missiles could not be any worse.","topic":"air-defence","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-heard-in-kyiv-as-russia-launches-ballistic-missiles-at-ukraine/","origin":"Zelensky statements, 4 and 16 Apr","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-way8","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-04-15","text":"Ali Abdollahi, head of Iran's central military command, said a US blockade creating insecurity for Iranian vessels would be a prelude to violating the ceasefire, and that Iran's forces would then not allow trade through the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman or the Red Sea.","topic":"escalation-threat","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-15-2026/","origin":"Iranian state TV via AFP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-vex4","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ae-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-04-09","text":"ADNOC chief executive Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said on social media that the Strait of Hormuz was not open, adding that this was not freedom of navigation but coercion.","topic":"hormuz","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/10/shipping-in-strait-of-hormuz-at-a-trickle-despite-us-iran-ceasefire","origin":"ADNOC CEO social media post, 9 April","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-10T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-gpy5","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"pk-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-04-08","text":"Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the US, Iran and their allies had agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere, including Lebanon and elsewhere, effective immediately.","topic":"ceasefire-scope","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/netanyahu-says-us-iran-ceasefire-does-not-include-lebanon","origin":"Pakistani PM statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-08T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-0vd6","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-04-06","text":"At a press conference Trump said any deal must include free traffic of oil through Hormuz, that only he would set a ceasefire, that the US had flown 10,000 combat flights and struck more than 13,000 targets since late February, and claimed the Iranian government had killed more than 45,000 people in the past month, without giving evidence.","topic":"war-progress","citations":[{"source":"src.cbs-news","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-deadline-power-plants-bridges-ceasefire-push-air-force-rescue/","origin":"Trump White House press conference, 6 April","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-06T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-2xf9","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-04-02","text":"Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran had received messages from the US but trust for any negotiations was at zero; Iran called US demands maximalist and irrational and denied that ceasefire talks were under way.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/2/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-34-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Araghchi remarks and Iranian foreign ministry statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-02T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-3wfk","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-04-01","text":"Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei called Trump's claim that Iran's president had asked for a ceasefire false and baseless, according to Iranian state television. The IRGC said the Strait of Hormuz remained firmly under its control and would not be opened to Iran's enemies.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.pbs-newshour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-dismisses-trumps-claim-that-their-president-wants-a-ceasefire-as-baseless","origin":"Iranian foreign ministry spokesman via Iranian state television; IRGC statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-9d86","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-04-01","text":"President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote an open letter to the American public saying Iran bore no ill will toward Americans, urging them to question their government's motives, and warning that attacks on Iranian energy and industrial sites would have consequences.","topic":"public-diplomacy","citations":[{"source":"src.cbs-news","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-nato-tehran-threatens-us-tech-companies-strait-of-hormuz/","origin":"Pezeshkian open letter, 1 April","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/2/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-34-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Pezeshkian open letter, 1 April","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-02T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-qbn0","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-04-01","text":"Trump told the Telegraph he would strongly consider pulling the US out of NATO, amid allied reluctance to join operations in the Strait of Hormuz. UK Prime Minister Starmer said the UK remained fully committed to NATO, and Secretary of State Rubio said the US would reexamine the relationship.","topic":"alliances","citations":[{"source":"src.cbs-news","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-nato-tehran-threatens-us-tech-companies-strait-of-hormuz/","origin":"Trump interview with the Telegraph","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-tbdf","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-04-01","text":"Trump said on Truth Social that Iran's president had just asked the US for a ceasefire, and that the US would consider one only once the Strait of Hormuz was open.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.cbs-news","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-nato-tehran-threatens-us-tech-companies-strait-of-hormuz/","origin":"Trump Truth Social post, 1 April","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-yrtn","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-04-01","text":"In a prime-time address on the evening of 1 April (US Eastern time), President Trump said the operation's core strategic objectives were nearing completion, that the US would hit Iran extremely hard over the next two to three weeks, and that if no deal was reached it could strike Iran's electric plants and possibly its oil industry. He told countries that rely on the Strait of Hormuz to take charge of it and claimed Iran had been close to a nuclear weapon, which CBS noted US intelligence had said last year Iran was not actively pursuing.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.cbs-news","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-nato-tehran-threatens-us-tech-companies-strait-of-hormuz/","origin":"Trump prime-time address, 1 April","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/2/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-34-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Trump prime-time address, 1 April","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-04-02T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-1q4k","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-31","text":"Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran's attacks target only US forces and that it was high time to eject US forces from Gulf bases.","topic":"us-bases","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/31/drone-attack-sparks-fire-on-kuwaiti-tanker-in-uae-amid-irans-gulf-attacks","origin":"Araghchi post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-31T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-49hx","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"mixed","language":"he","said_on":"2026-03-31","text":"Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel's war goals were more than half achieved, without giving an end date; US defence secretary Hegseth said the coming days would be decisive and did not rule out ground forces.","topic":"war-progress","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/31/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-32-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Netanyahu and Hegseth remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-31T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-pbnp","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"qa-government","audience":"mixed","language":"ar","said_on":"2026-03-31","text":"Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said Gulf states were unified in calling for de-escalation.","topic":"diplomacy","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/31/drone-attack-sparks-fire-on-kuwaiti-tanker-in-uae-amid-irans-gulf-attacks","origin":"Qatari foreign ministry spokesman","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-31T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-3xah","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-30","text":"President Trump said the US was in serious discussions with a new and more reasonable regime, and that if a deal was not shortly reached and Hormuz was not open for business the US would obliterate Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells, Kharg Island and possibly all desalination plants. Legal scholars quoted by Al Jazeera called the threat collective punishment; the White House said it would act within the law.","topic":"energy-strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/trump-threatens-to-blow-up-all-desalination-plants-in-iran","origin":"Trump Truth Social post; Leavitt statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-bdtt","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-30","text":"Secretary of State Rubio told Al Jazeera the Strait of Hormuz would reopen one way or another, that messages and some direct talks were taking place through intermediaries, that Iran's air force had been destroyed and its navy largely destroyed, and rejected Iran's demand for sovereignty over the strait.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/rubio-tells-al-jazeera-strait-of-hormuz-will-reopen-one-way-or-another","origin":"Rubio interview with Al Jazeera","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-p3ys","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-30","text":"Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran had received messages through intermediaries but called the US proposals unrealistic, illogical and excessive, and said Iran did not take part in the framework Pakistan set up.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/trump-pretty-sure-of-iran-deal-but-can-pakistan-led-efforts-end-the-war","origin":"Baghaei press briefing","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-qgkg","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-29","text":"Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said the enemy openly sends messages of negotiation and secretly plans a ground attack, that Iran's missiles remain in place, and that Iran's men are waiting for American soldiers on the ground; he warned any attempt to seize an Iranian island would bring attacks on the vital infrastructure of a regional country that helped.","topic":"ground-operations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/29/pentagon-readies-for-weeks-of-us-ground-operations-in-iran-report","origin":"Ghalibaf statement quoted by Tasnim","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/trump-wants-to-invade-iran-to-seize-oil-calls-us-objectors-stupid","origin":"Ghalibaf remarks to IRNA","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-t1kg","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-29","text":"In a Financial Times interview President Trump said he wanted to take the oil in Iran and that maybe the US would take Kharg Island, maybe not; aboard Air Force One he said he saw a deal with Iran that could be soon and that Iran had agreed to most of the 15-point plan.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/trump-wants-to-invade-iran-to-seize-oil-calls-us-objectors-stupid","origin":"Trump interview with the Financial Times","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/trump-pretty-sure-of-iran-deal-but-can-pakistan-led-efforts-end-the-war","origin":"Trump remarks aboard Air Force One","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-30T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-zfa6","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-29","text":"Iran's navy chief Shahram Irani said on state TV that the USS Abraham Lincoln would be targeted if it came within range, in retaliation for the sinking of the frigate Dena on 4 March.","topic":"escalation","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/29/pentagon-readies-for-weeks-of-us-ground-operations-in-iran-report","origin":"Iranian navy chief statement on state TV","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-0m99","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ae-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-28","text":"Emirati minister and ADNOC chief Sultan al-Jaber called Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz economic terrorism.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/28/pakistan-secures-iran-deal-to-send-20-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz","origin":"Sultan al-Jaber statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-6gsf","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-28","text":"Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for parliament's national security commission, said the NPT had no benefit for Iran, and lawmakers uploaded priority legislation to withdraw from the treaty; the bill would also need Guardian Council approval.","topic":"nuclear","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/28/lawmakers-push-npt-exit-as-us-israel-hit-irans-nuclear-sites-steel-plants","origin":"Rezaei post on X; parliamentary portal","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-jhbm","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-28","text":"President Trump said he was very disappointed with NATO and that allies were not there on Hormuz despite the US spending hundreds of billions on them; envoy Witkoff said he expected meetings with Iran that week.","topic":"hormuz-coalition","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/28/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-29-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Trump and Witkoff remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-g743","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-27","text":"IRGC aerospace commander Majid Moosavi said the equation would no longer be an eye for an eye and urged workers at US- and Israeli-linked companies in the region to leave their workplaces; Araghchi said Iran would exact a heavy price for strikes on steel plants and nuclear sites.","topic":"escalation","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/israel-launches-strikes-on-iran-nuclear-sites-as-war-enters-fifth-week","origin":"IRGC aerospace commander statement; Araghchi statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.the-times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-bombs-2-irgc-linked-steel-plants-2-nuclear-facilities-as-iran-vows-revenge/","origin":"IRGC warning; Araghchi post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-jaxb","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"mixed","language":"he","said_on":"2026-03-27","text":"Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said Israel would intensify its campaign against Iran and widen its targets, and that there would be no let-up.","topic":"escalation","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/israel-launches-strikes-on-iran-nuclear-sites-as-war-enters-fifth-week","origin":"Katz statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-y46g","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-27","text":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after G7 talks in France that he expected the operation to end in weeks, not months, and called Iran's planned Hormuz tolls illegal, unacceptable and dangerous to the world.","topic":"war-progress","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/israel-launches-strikes-on-iran-nuclear-sites-as-war-enters-fifth-week","origin":"Rubio remarks after G7 meeting","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-4n62","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-26","text":"In a cabinet meeting President Trump said Iran was begging for a deal, called reports that Iran rejected the 15-point plan wrong, and said the strait would open if they make the right deal.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/26/trump-postpones-us-strikes-on-iranian-power-grid-to-april-6-amid-talks","origin":"Trump remarks at cabinet meeting","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-bhaz","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-military","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-26","text":"CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said the killing of Tangsiri makes the region safer and that US forces had destroyed about 92 percent of Iran's large naval vessels.","topic":"war-progress","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/26/iranian-naval-commander-alireza-tangsiri-killed-in-attack-says-israel","origin":"Cooper statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-vdq4","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-26","text":"Iranian officials called the US proposal one-sided and unfair and set out five demands they called non-negotiable, including reparations and continued sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/us-israel-war-on-iran-whats-happening-on-day-28-of-attacks-2","origin":"Iranian officials statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-hzge","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-25","text":"Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon said Israel was not part of US-Iran talks and would continue operations until Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities are eliminated.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/25/us-israel-war-on-iran-whats-happening-on-day-26-of-attacks","origin":"Danon statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-yept","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-25","text":"Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaqari said no one like us will make a deal with you, not now, not ever, as Iranian leaders said the US was negotiating with itself.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/3/25/us-iran-mediation-what-are-each-sides-demands-and-is-a-deal-possible","origin":"Zolfaqari statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-zjss","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"xx-gcc","audience":"international_body","language":"ar","said_on":"2026-03-25","text":"Gulf Cooperation Council states demanded a seat in any talks, guarantees for energy flows and an end to threats from Iran's missiles, nuclear programme and regional proxies.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/25/us-israel-war-on-iran-whats-happening-on-day-26-of-attacks","origin":"GCC position","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-b22h","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-23","text":"The IRGC said it would target power plants supplying US bases if the US struck Iranian power plants.","topic":"energy-strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/23/trump-postpones-military-strikes-on-iranian-power-plants","origin":"IRGC statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-23T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-wv62","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-23","text":"Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no negotiations had been held with the US and called the reports fake news aimed at manipulating oil markets.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/23/trump-postpones-military-strikes-on-iranian-power-plants","origin":"Ghalibaf statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-23T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-t5tv","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-22","text":"Foreign Minister Araghchi told CBS the strait is open to all except the US and its allies, that a number of countries had approached Iran seeking safe passage, and that a group of ships from different countries had been allowed through.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/trump-issues-48-hour-hormuz-strait-ultimatum-threatens-iran-power-plants","origin":"Araghchi interview with CBS","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-wvns","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-22","text":"Iran's military command said that if its fuel and energy infrastructure were attacked it would strike fuel, energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure used by the US and its allies in the region; the IRGC separately threatened to close the strait completely until any destroyed facilities were rebuilt.","topic":"energy-strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.nbc-news","url":"https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/iran-trump-48-hour-deadline-strait-of-hormuz/6479582/","origin":"Iranian military command statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/trump-issues-48-hour-hormuz-strait-ultimatum-threatens-iran-power-plants","origin":"Iranian army statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-z0f7","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"domestic","language":"uk","said_on":"2026-03-22","text":"After the Miami talks, Zelensky said signals suggested prisoner exchanges could continue and stressed that the aggressor should not be rewarded.","topic":"peace-talks","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/us-and-ukraine-delegations-meet-in-miami-for-second-day-of-peace-talks/","origin":"Zelensky remarks, 22 Mar","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-22T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-js7g","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"domestic","language":"he","said_on":"2026-03-21","text":"Prime Minister Netanyahu called the night of the Arad and Dimona strikes a very difficult evening and vowed to keep striking Iran and its allies.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.al-monitor","url":"https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/03/iran-missile-strikes-wound-over-100-two-south-israel-towns","origin":"Netanyahu statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-q4nk","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-21","text":"Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran would exercise its right to self-defence and warned that British lives were in danger after the UK allowed the US to use its bases.","topic":"us-bases","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/21/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-22-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Araghchi statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-21T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-e7b8","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-artesh","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-19","text":"A spokesperson for Iran's central military command said Iran's response to the South Pars attack had not ended and warned of a much more severe response against the energy infrastructure of US and Israeli allies if attacked again; Iran also warned of zero restraint.","topic":"energy-strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.human-rights-watch","url":"https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/20/attacks-on-mideast-energy-infrastructure","origin":"Iranian central military command spokesperson statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/20/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-21-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Iranian military statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-3wyc","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"xx-eu","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-16","text":"EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers that there was no appetite for now to extend the EU's Aspides naval mission to the Strait of Hormuz, and that the mission should instead be strengthened; she said the door was not closed.","topic":"hormuz-coalition","citations":[{"source":"src.euronews","url":"https://euronews.com/2026/03/16/kallas-says-no-appetite-to-shift-mandate-of-eu-naval-mission-in-the-strait-of-hormuz","origin":"Kallas remarks after EU Foreign Affairs Council","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-jd83","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"de-government","audience":"mixed","language":"de","said_on":"2026-03-16","text":"German defence minister Boris Pistorius said of the Hormuz request that this was not Germany's war and Germany had not started it.","topic":"hormuz-coalition","citations":[{"source":"src.military-times","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/16/trump-asks-about-7-countries-for-help-to-open-the-strait-of-hormuz/","origin":"Pistorius remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-tpzg","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-16","text":"IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naini said most of the IRGC's weapons stock remained intact, that the missiles in use were about a decade old, and that Iran had not yet fired missiles produced since the June 2025 war.","topic":"military-capacity","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/16/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-17-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"IRGC spokesman Naini interview with Iranian broadcaster","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-yekv","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-16","text":"President Trump said the US was hitting Iran's drone factories and that Iran had very little firepower left; on Truth Social he called Iran militarily ineffective and weak and said it used AI as a disinformation weapon, without offering evidence.","topic":"war-progress","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/16/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-17-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Trump remarks aboard Air Force One and Truth Social post","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-02e9","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-15","text":"Trump urged other countries to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open, according to Al Jazeera's live coverage of 15 March, which also reported Tehran saying it was ready for a long war as Israel expanded its strikes.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/3/15/iran-war-live-trump-urges-world-to-keep-hormuz-strait-open","origin":"Trump statement, 15 March","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-8ybf","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-15","text":"IRGC navy commander Alireza Tangsiri said Iran had not closed the Strait of Hormuz and the waterway was only being controlled.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/15/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-16-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Tangsiri statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-a1gc","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-15","text":"The IRGC warned the US to move its industries out of the Middle East and urged people to stay away from factories in which US companies hold shares, after strikes killed workers at non-military factories in Iran.","topic":"threat","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/15/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-16-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"IRGC statement via Iranian state media","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-dyww","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-15","text":"In an interview with CBS, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said \"we never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation\", that Iran saw no reason to negotiate with the US and nothing was on the table, and that Iran was ready to defend itself \"as long as it takes\". He said the strait was not closed, that ships were hesitant because of insecurity, and that Iran was open to talks with countries on safe passage for their vessels.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.kurdistan24","url":"https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/900778/iranian-fm-tehran-has-not-sought-truce-will-continue-defending-itself-as-long-as-it-takes","origin":"Araghchi interview on CBS Face the Nation, 15 March","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.yahoo-news","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/transcript-iranian-foreign-minister-abbas-141352119.html","origin":"CBS Face the Nation transcript, 15 March","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-qp59","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-15","text":"Tehran's governor said at least 10,000 homes in the capital had been damaged or destroyed by US-Israeli attacks.","topic":"civilian-harm","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/15/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-16-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Tehran governor statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-rmzh","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ro-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-15","text":"Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Toiu said Bucharest would help Moldova with the Dniester pollution and that Russia had full responsibility.","topic":"environment","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/russian-strike-on-ukraine-hydropower-plant-spills-oil-into-dniester-river-threatening-moldovas-water-supply/","origin":"Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Toiu post on X, 15 Mar","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-4htx","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-14","text":"Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US struck Kharg Island and Abu Musa Island from Ras al-Khaimah and a site \"very close to Dubai\", called Trump's appeal for warships \"begging\", said the strait was closed only to \"those who are attacking us and their allies\", and said Iran would try not to attack populated areas.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.pbs-newshour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/tehran-claims-the-u-s-attacked-it-from-the-uae-as-iran-war-enters-its-third-week","origin":"Araghchi interview with MS NOW, reported by AP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-7e9q","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ae-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-14","text":"UAE presidential diplomatic adviser Anwar Gargash said the UAE \"still prioritizes reason and logic\" and was exercising restraint, while asserting its right to self-defence. On 15 March he said the UAE did not allow strikes on Iran from its territory.","topic":"gulf-states","citations":[{"source":"src.pbs-newshour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/tehran-claims-the-u-s-attacked-it-from-the-uae-as-iran-war-enters-its-third-week","origin":"Statement by UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.news-on-air","url":"https://www.newsonair.gov.in/gulf-tensions-rise-as-iran-alleges-attacks-launched-from-uae-territory","origin":"Statement by UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-bcdj","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-irgc","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-14","text":"The spokesman for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, said that if Iran's oil, economic or energy assets were attacked, Iran would destroy all oil, economic and energy infrastructure in the region belonging to companies with American shares or that cooperate with the US.","topic":"energy-threat","citations":[{"source":"src.ynetnews","url":"https://www.ynetnews.com/article/2r205htr5","origin":"Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.pbs-newshour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/tehran-claims-the-u-s-attacked-it-from-the-uae-as-iran-war-enters-its-third-week","origin":"Iranian joint military command statement, reported by AP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-hmrg","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-14","text":"Trump told NBC News that Iran wanted to make a deal but the terms were not yet good enough, questioned whether Mojtaba Khamenei was alive, and said the US might strike Kharg Island again.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/15/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-16-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Trump interview with NBC News","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-15T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-qvyd","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-14","text":"Trump said he hoped China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK and others would send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz \"open and safe\". Britain said it was discussing a range of options with allies.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.pbs-newshour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/tehran-claims-the-u-s-attacked-it-from-the-uae-as-iran-war-enters-its-third-week","origin":"Trump statement, 14 March, reported by AP","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-7n7v","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-13","text":"Speaking to state TV at the Quds Day march, Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani said the attacks on Iran were carried out \"out of fear, out of desperation\".","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.shafaq-news","url":"https://shafaq.com/en/Middle-East/Iran-s-Larijani-denounces-Israeli-strikes-during-Quds-Day-rallies-in-Tehran","origin":"Larijani remarks to Iranian state TV","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-8hgg","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"lb-hezbollah","audience":"mixed","language":"ar","said_on":"2026-03-13","text":"Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said the group was ready for a long confrontation with Israel, framing it as defence against 15 months of Israeli attacks after the 2024 ceasefire.","topic":"lebanon","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/14/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-15-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Qassem speech","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-hkmz","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-idf","audience":"mixed","language":"he","said_on":"2026-03-13","text":"Israel's military said it had carried out about 7,600 strikes in Iran and 1,100 in Lebanon since 28 February.","topic":"battle-damage","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/14/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-15-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"IDF statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-kv7b","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-13","text":"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US believed Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded and likely disfigured.","topic":"leadership","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/13/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-14-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Hegseth remarks","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-s1te","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-13","text":"Trump said US forces had \"totally obliterated every MILITARY target\" on Kharg Island and that \"for reasons of decency\" he had chosen not to wipe out its oil infrastructure, but would reconsider if anyone interfered with ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. He said Iran was \"totally defeated and wants a deal\" but not one he would accept.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-monitor","url":"https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/03/us-attacks-irans-kharg-island-trump-says","origin":"Trump Truth Social post, 13 March","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.rudaw","url":"https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/14032026","origin":"Trump Truth Social post, 13 March","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-0h7f","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"il-government","audience":"mixed","language":"he","said_on":"2026-03-12","text":"Defence Minister Israel Katz said the operation would continue without any time limit, as long as required, until Israel achieved all its objectives.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-13-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Katz statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-12T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-22m8","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"fr-government","audience":"foreign","language":"fr","said_on":"2026-03-12","text":"Macron said he had no confirmation that Iran was laying sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-13-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Macron statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-12T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-4qpd","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"domestic","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-12","text":"In his first statement as supreme leader, read by a presenter on state television rather than delivered on camera, Mojtaba Khamenei said \"the lever of blocking the Strait of Hormuz must continue to be used\", vowed revenge for those killed, urged Iran's neighbours to close US bases on their territory and said Iran would keep attacking such bases. He said Iran would seek compensation and, if refused, take or destroy equivalent enemy property.","topic":"strait-closure","citations":[{"source":"src.times-of-israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-new-supreme-leader-issues-defiant-first-statement-without-appearing/","origin":"Statement attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei, read on Iranian state TV","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-12T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/irans-mojtaba-khamenei-issues-first-statement-as-supreme-leader-amid-war","origin":"Statement attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei, read on Iranian state TV","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-12T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-bj94","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"us-military","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-12","text":"US Central Command said about 6,000 targets had been struck in Iran and more than 90 Iranian vessels, including over 30 minelayers, damaged or destroyed.","topic":"battle-damage","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-13-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"US Central Command statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-12T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-s69g","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"foreign","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-12","text":"President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would consider ending the war if its legitimate rights were recognised, reparations were paid and firm international guarantees prevented future attacks.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-13-of-us-israel-attacks","origin":"Pezeshkian statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-12T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-8z8a","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"qa-government","audience":"international_body","language":"en","said_on":"2026-03-11","text":"Qatar's permanent representative to the UN said the resolution showed broad global rejection of Iranian attacks on the GCC states and Jordan.","topic":"un-security-council","citations":[{"source":"src.qatar-ministry-of-foreign-affairs","url":"https://mofa.gov.qa/en/qatar/latest-articles/latest-news/details/2026/03/11/qatar-permanent-representative-to-un--unsc-resolution-reveals-broader-global-rejection-of-iranian-attacks-on-gcc-nations-and-jordan","origin":"Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-11T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-h43k","type":"statement","conflict":"us-israel-iran","speaker":"ir-government","audience":"mixed","language":"fa","said_on":"2026-03-11","text":"Iranian authorities said US and Israeli forces had bombed almost 10,000 civilian facilities in Iran and killed more than 1,300 civilians since the war began.","topic":"casualties","citations":[{"source":"src.democracy-now","url":"https://www.democracynow.org/es/2026/3/11/titulares/us_israeli_war_on_iran_enters_its_12th_day","origin":"Iranian government statement on civilian deaths and damage","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2026-03-11T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-62qq","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2025-08-18","text":"Donald Trump said at the White House that Vladimir Putin had agreed Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine, calling it a very significant step, and that the US would give Ukraine very good protection.","topic":"security-guarantees","citations":[{"source":"src.meduza","url":"https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/18/a-reasonable-chance-of-ending-the-war","origin":"Donald Trump remarks at the White House, 18 Aug","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-08-18T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-sw5w","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2025-07-29","text":"President Donald Trump, aboard Air Force One, said Russia had ten days from 29 July to agree a ceasefire, shortening the 50-day window he set earlier in July, after which he had threatened secondary tariffs of up to 100 percent on buyers of Russian goods. He said he was very disappointed in Vladimir Putin.","topic":"ceasefire-deadline","citations":[{"source":"src.cbs-news","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-putin-russia-10-days-ceasefire-ukraine/","origin":"Donald Trump remarks aboard Air Force One, 29 Jul","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-07-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-8cb4","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2025-06-04","text":"Trump said after a call of more than an hour with Putin that it would not lead to immediate peace and that Putin had said \"very strongly\" Russia would have to respond to the attack on its airfields.","topic":"escalation","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/trump-putin-conversation-ukraine-drone-attack","origin":"Trump post on Truth Social, 4 Jun","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-06-04T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-dpj8","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"mixed","language":"uk","said_on":"2025-06-01","text":"Ukraine's SBU said its drone operation had hit 41 Russian military aircraft used against Ukraine, worth a combined $7bn.","topic":"strikes","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/ukraine-launches-major-drone-attack-on-russian-bombers-security-official-says","origin":"SBU statement, 1 Jun","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-06-01T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/02/operation-spiderweb-visual-guide-ukraine-drone-attack-russian-aircraft","origin":"Guardian noting the full extent of damage remained unclear","role":"contradiction","published_at":"2025-06-02T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-pb8b","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"us-government","audience":"mixed","language":"en","said_on":"2025-05-25","text":"Trump wrote on Truth Social that Putin had \"gone absolutely CRAZY\" and that Zelensky was \"doing his Country no favors by talking the way he does\"; asked whether he was considering more sanctions on Russia, he said \"Absolutely\".","topic":"sanctions","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/26/ukraine-war-briefing-zelenskyy-doing-his-country-no-favours-putin-has-gone-crazy-trump-says","origin":"Trump Truth Social post and remarks in New Jersey, 25 May","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-05-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-jybn","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"mixed","language":"uk","said_on":"2025-05-11","text":"Zelensky said he would be waiting for Putin in Turkey on Thursday \"personally\", while Ukraine and its European allies maintained that a 30-day ceasefire should come first.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/11/ukraine-ready-meet-russia-only-ceasefire-agreed-zelenskky","origin":"Zelensky social media statement, 11 May","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-05-11T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-874f","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-mod","audience":"domestic","language":"ru","said_on":"2025-04-26","text":"Gerasimov told Putin the Kursk region had been fully liberated, said the main area of the incursion covered 1,260 square kilometres, and praised North Korean servicemen for helping defeat the Ukrainian force.","topic":"territory","citations":[{"source":"src.politico-europe","url":"https://www.politico.eu/article/kremlin-claims-complete-liberation-kursk-admits-north-korea-assistance-ukraine-war/","origin":"Gerasimov report, carried by TASS and Interfax, 26 Apr","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-04-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.the-moscow-times","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/19/putin-orders-easter-ceasefire-as-russia-and-ukraine-exchange-hundreds-of-pows-a88798","origin":"Gerasimov statement on 1,260 sq km, 19 Apr","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-04-19T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.cnn","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/26/europe/russia-regains-kursk-claim-intl/index.html","origin":"Ukrainian commander to CNN","role":"contradiction","published_at":"2025-04-26T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-1fqh","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2025-04-24","text":"After the Kyiv attack, Trump posted \"Vladimir, STOP!\" and told reporters he had his own deadline for a ceasefire, describing Russia's agreement not to take over the whole of Ukraine as a \"pretty big concession\".","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/24/kyiv-ukraine-killed-dozens-injured-massive-russian-missile-attack","origin":"Trump Truth Social post and remarks, 24 Apr","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-04-24T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-hewh","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2025-04-18","text":"Rubio said the US was ready to abandon its Ukraine peace efforts within days if there was no sign of progress, and Trump said the US would \"take a pass\" unless a deal came quickly.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/18/us-ready-to-abandon-ukraine-peace-deal-if-there-is-no-progress-says-marco-rubio","origin":"Rubio remarks in Paris and Trump remarks, 18 Apr","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-04-18T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-7664","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2025-04-06","text":"Energoatom chief executive Petro Kotin said it would be unsafe for Russia to restart the occupied Zaporizhzhia plant because of insufficient cooling water, personnel and incoming power, and that Ukraine would need up to two years in peacetime to restart it if it regained control.","topic":"nuclear-safety","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/06/unsafe-for-russia-to-restart-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-energoatom-says","origin":"Energoatom CEO Petro Kotin interview with the Guardian, 6 Apr","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-04-06T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-k4ph","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"domestic","language":"ru","said_on":"2025-03-28","text":"Putin suggested Ukraine could be placed under a temporary administration under UN auspices to hold new elections; a US spokesperson rejected the idea and the Kremlin later said it was one of several options and had not been raised with Trump.","topic":"leadership","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/28/putin-suggests-ukraine-could-have-un-led-government-to-organise-elections","origin":"Putin remarks reported 28 Mar, and US response","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-03-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-hq4k","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"mixed","language":"uk","said_on":"2025-03-19","text":"After a call with Trump, Zelensky said they had discussed only one power plant, the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, after Trump suggested the US could own and run Ukrainian nuclear plants as part of a ceasefire.","topic":"nuclear-safety","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/20/ukraine-war-briefing-trump-wants-zaporizhzhia-power-plant-for-us","origin":"Zelensky remarks after call with Trump, 19 Mar","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-03-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-3mbp","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"mixed","language":"ru","said_on":"2025-03-13","text":"At a Kremlin news conference with Alexander Lukashenko, Putin said the idea of a 30-day ceasefire was \"the right one\" and that Russia supported it, but that there were questions to discuss with the Americans before it could proceed.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/14/putin-makes-clear-russia-will-only-play-ball-with-ukraine-by-his-rules","origin":"Putin remarks at Kremlin news conference, 13 Mar","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-03-14T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-9wfb","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"us-government","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2025-03-11","text":"Rubio said in Jeddah that Ukraine was ready to stop the fighting and get to the table, that the ball was now in Russia's court, and that if Russia said no the impediment to peace would be known.","topic":"ceasefire","citations":[{"source":"src.the-guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/ukraine-war-briefing-ball-is-now-in-russias-court-says-rubio-after-kyiv-accepts-ceasefire-proposal","origin":"Rubio remarks to reporters in Jeddah, 11 Mar","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2025-03-12T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-88by","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"fr-government","audience":"foreign","language":"fr","said_on":"2024-02-26","text":"French President Emmanuel Macron said there was no consensus to send troops to Ukraine in an official manner, but that nothing could be ruled out.","topic":"western-troops","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/macron-doesnt-rule-out-possibility-of-western-troops-in-ukraine/","origin":"President Macron remarks after the Paris conference on Ukraine, 26 Feb","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2024-02-27T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-9qnc","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-government","audience":"mixed","language":"uk","said_on":"2024-02-25","text":"President Zelensky said about 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been officially recorded as killed, and claimed 180,000 Russian soldiers were killed and 500,000 killed or wounded; he declined to give a figure for Ukrainian wounded.","topic":"losses","citations":[{"source":"src.kyiv-independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-31-000-ukrainian-soldiers-killed-in-action/","origin":"President Zelensky remarks at the Ukraine. Year 2024 forum, 25 Feb","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2024-02-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-5h83","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"domestic","language":"ru","said_on":"2024-02-20","text":"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Yulia Navalnaya's accusation that Putin was behind her husband's death absolutely unfounded and vulgar.","topic":"navalny","citations":[{"source":"src.the-moscow-times","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/02/20/kremlin-calls-navalny-widow-accusations-unfounded-and-vulgar-a84163","origin":"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov statement, 20 Feb","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2024-02-20T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-q9wv","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"domestic","language":"ru","said_on":"2024-01-31","text":"President Putin said it was obvious that Ukraine shot down the Il-76 transport over Belgorod region on 24 January and claimed a US-made Patriot system was used.","topic":"il76-crash","citations":[{"source":"src.the-moscow-times","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/31/russia-and-ukraine-exchange-hundreds-of-pows-a83931","origin":"President Putin remarks, 31 Jan","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2024-01-31T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-b2m7","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"mixed","language":"ru","said_on":"2023-10-05","text":"At the Valdai forum in Sochi, President Putin said the head of the Investigative Committee had told him fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the Prigozhin crash and that there had been no external impact on the plane; he gave no detail on how grenades could have detonated on board.","topic":"prigozhin-crash","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/putin-suggests-wagner-mercenary-chiefs-plane-brought-down-by-grenade-blast","origin":"Putin remarks at the Valdai Discussion Club, 5 Oct","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2023-10-06T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-ne65","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"us-military","audience":"foreign","language":"en","said_on":"2023-08-24","text":"Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the initial US assessment was that Prigozhin was likely killed, and that there was no information to corroborate reports that a surface-to-air missile brought down the plane.","topic":"prigozhin-crash","citations":[{"source":"src.cbs-news","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-wagner-kremlin-prigozhin-ordered-death-absolute-lie/","origin":"Pentagon press briefing by Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2023-08-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-kk58","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-mod","audience":"foreign","language":"ru","said_on":"2022-11-15","text":"Russia's defence ministry denied that Russian missiles hit Polish territory and called the reports a deliberate provocation; the Kremlin said it had no information about the explosion.","topic":"attribution","citations":[{"source":"src.abc-news-australia","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-16/explosion-kills-two-in-poland-near-ukraine-border/101658264","origin":"Russian defence ministry statement of 15 Nov 2022","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2022-11-16T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-qvq1","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"mixed","language":"ru","said_on":"2022-10-10","text":"Putin told his Security Council that the strikes on Ukraine's energy, military and communications facilities were a response to the Crimean Bridge blast and other attacks he called terrorism, and warned of severe responses to further attacks.","topic":"retaliation","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/10/missile-attacks-hit-cities-across-ukraine-what-we-know-so-far","origin":"Putin remarks to the Security Council, 10 Oct 2022","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2022-10-10T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
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{"id":"st-20261027-f631","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-mod","audience":"mixed","language":"ru","said_on":"2022-03-29","text":"After the Istanbul talks, Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin said Russia would drastically reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions to increase trust, and that talks on Ukraine's neutrality and non-nuclear status had moved into a practical phase.","topic":"negotiations","citations":[{"source":"src.radio-free-europe-radio-liberty","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-decrease-military-activities-kyic-chernihiv/31776190.html","origin":"Russian deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2022-03-29T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-98ar","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-mod","audience":"mixed","language":"ru","said_on":"2022-03-25","text":"Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy of the General Staff said the main objectives of the first stage of the operation had generally been accomplished and that Russia would now focus its main efforts on what he called the liberation of Donbas.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.nbc-news","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-forces-finish-first-stage-war-shift-ukraines-east-general-says-rcna21663","origin":"Russian General Staff briefing by Sergei Rudskoy","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2022-03-25T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-jxn7","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-mod","audience":"mixed","language":"ru","said_on":"2022-03-13","text":"Russia's defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said strikes on the Yavoriv training centre killed up to 180 foreign mercenaries and destroyed a large amount of foreign-supplied weapons.","topic":"yavoriv","citations":[{"source":"src.al-jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/13/russia-ukraine-war-military-dispatch-march-13-2022","origin":"Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov statement","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2022-03-13T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-vfa0","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"foreign","language":"ru","said_on":"2022-03-10","text":"Speaking in Antalya, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Mariupol maternity hospital had long been seized by the Azov battalion and other radicals and that mothers and staff had been moved out before the strike.","topic":"mariupol-hospital","citations":[{"source":"src.ukrinform","url":"https://ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3425923-russias-defense-ministry-diplomacy-fail-to-speak-in-one-voice-when-lying-about-bombing-mariupol-maternity-hospital.html","origin":"Sergei Lavrov remarks in Antalya, 10 Mar","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2022-03-10T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"},{"source":"src.npr","url":"https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085450946/maternity-hospital-mariupol-russian-strike","origin":"AP journalists Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletka at the scene","role":"contradiction","published_at":"2022-03-09T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-sa03","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ua-general-staff","audience":"mixed","language":"uk","said_on":"2022-02-28","text":"Ukraine's navy said all of the Snake Island border guards were alive and held by the Russian navy, reversing President Zelensky's earlier statement that the 13 guards had been killed.","topic":"snake-island","citations":[{"source":"src.stars-and-stripes","url":"https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-02-28/ukraine-navy-says-snake-island-border-guards-alive-5177830.html","origin":"Ukrainian navy statement of 28 Feb","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2022-02-28T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}
{"id":"st-20261027-m2tp","type":"statement","conflict":"russia-ukraine","speaker":"ru-government","audience":"domestic","language":"ru","said_on":"2022-02-24","text":"In a televised address announcing the invasion, President Putin said the goal was to protect people who had been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv government for eight years, and that Russia would seek the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.","topic":"war-aims","citations":[{"source":"src.npr","url":"https://www.npr.org/2022/02/24/1082736110/putin-justifies-ukraine-invasion-as-a-special-military-operation","origin":"Putin televised address of 24 Feb 2022","role":"claim_origin","published_at":"2022-02-24T00:00:00Z","accessed_at":"2026-10-27T12:00:00Z","language":"en"}],"record_state":"active","schema_version":1,"created_at":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z","last_changed":"2026-10-27T21:03:25Z"}